Psalm 22:1–18

^1aMy God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Why art thou so far ^†from helping me, and from the words of ^bmy roaring?

²O my God, I cry ^bbin the daytime, but thou hearest not;

And in the night season, and ^†am not silent.

³But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the ^cpraises of Israel.

⁴Our fathers trusted in thee:

They trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

⁵They ^dcried unto thee, and were delivered:

^eThey trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

⁶But I am ^fa worm, and no man;

A ^ffreproach of men, and ^gdespised of the people.

^7hAll they that see me laugh me to scorn:

They ^†shoot out the lip, ⁱthey shake the head, saying,

^8j†He trusted on the Lord that ^khe would deliver him:

Let him deliver him, ^||seeing he ^ldelighted in him.

⁹But thou art he that ^mntook me out of the womb:

Thou ^||didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.

¹⁰I was ⁿcast upon thee from the womb:

Thou art my God ^ofrom my mother’s belly.

¹¹Be not far from me; for trouble is near;

For there is ^†none to help.

¹²Many bulls have compassed me:

^pStrong ^qbulls of Bashan have ^rbeset me round.

^13sThey ^†gaped upon me with their mouths,

As a ravening and a roaring lion.

¹⁴I am ^sspoured out like water,

And all my bones are ^||out of joint:

^tMy heart is ^ulike wax;

It is ^tmelted in the midst of my bowels.

¹⁵My strength is ^xdried up like a potsherd;

And ^ymy tongue cleaveth to my jaws;

And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

¹⁶For ^zdogs have compassed me:

The assembly of the wicked have ^zzinclosed me:

^aThey pierced my hands and my feet.

¹⁷I may tell all my bones:

^bThey look and stare upon me.

^18cThey part my garments among them,

And cast lots upon my vesture.